Convertible chair.



I. RHEINSTROM.

GONVERTIBLE CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 20, 191 2,

Patented Feb. 10,1914.

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CONVERTIBLE CHAIR.

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I ISAAC RHEINSTROM, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CONVERTIBLE CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 20, 1912.

Patented Feb. 10, 1914. Serial No. 721,477.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ISAAC RrrmNsrRoM, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Manhattan, city of NewYork, State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inConvertible Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to convertible furniture. It more particularlyrelates to convertible chairs and beds.

The object of my invention is to produce a Morris chair that may beconverted into a bed. The chair may be used during the day as anordinary Morris chair and at night the back and one of the sides may bealtered and made into a bed.

The invention may be contained in many forms of furniture and thedetails may be modified and yet such structure will still contain myinvention.

1 have shown in the drawings and will hereinafter describe one form ofstructure containing my invention to show how such structures may bemade and to show that structures embodying my invention are operative.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of the chair. Fig. 2is a side View. Fig. 3 illustrates the bed when the chair shown in Figs.1 and 2 is opened. Fig. 1 illustrates the method of unfolding the chair.Fig. 5 shows a rear view of the back of the Morris chair when it isopen. Figs. 6 and 7 illustrate details of the convertible chair.

1, Fig. 1, is the chair. It is provided with a fixed side 2 and aremovable side 8. It also has a back 4 which extends the full height ofthe chair. The seat 5 and the back 1 are provided with springs and areup holstered in the manner well known in the art.

The back 4 is divided into two parts 6 and 7 which are hinged togetherby the hinges 8. The back is secured to the arms 9 of the chair by meansof hooks 10 which drop into sockets or staples 11 located on the rearhalf 7 of the back of the chair. The back 4: is set in between the arms9 of the chair. The lower end of the back 4 is secured to links 12 whichare attached to the front legs 13 as shown in Fig. 1. The links arelocated on the outside of the legs of the chair and between the legs andthe sides 2 and 3. They have free movement above the stop 14;,

The removable side 3 is secured by means of extending lugs or fiat hooks15 which hook into staples or straps 16 located on the seat of thechair. The side is also provided with a lock 17 which extends inwardfrom the side so as to engage a strip 18 which is secured to the seat ofthe chair. This will prevent the removal or separation of the arm fromthe chair body when the arm is lifted. The lock 17 may be opened bypulling out the lever 18 which draws the spring 17 inward and releasesthe arm from the seat of the chair. The upper end, that is, the weightarm of the lever is made cam shape so that the spring of lock 17 willhold the lever in an opened position. The arm may then be removed andagain secured to the seat of the chair by inserting the lugs or fiathooks 19 which extend over the lower edge of the side into the straps 16located on the side of the seat. The side 3 is also provided with a bentrod 20 which extends along the frame work 21 of the side and along andunderneath the arm of the chair. The rod 20 lies close to the body ofthe side wall of the chair and is hinged to the arm proper by the straps22. When the side 3 is removed and tilted over so as to insert the lugs19 into the sockets 16, the rod 20 will drop down and form supportinglegs for the side 3. This is when the chair has been opened and is to beused as a bed.

The backtmay be opened as shown in Fig. 5. The legs 23 are inclosed inthe back. They are pivoted upon pivot pins 24 which extend through thelegs and the braces 25. The legs are also attached to the back by meansof folding links 26 which allow the legs to be swung outward a littleover 90 from the back. They are adapted to hold the legs in positionagainst any lateral pressure that may be applied to the back. Legs, 29are also secured to the top of the back. They are hinged to the back bythe straps 27 so that when the back is let down the legs 29 will fallinto position.

When the legs 28 are placed in position to support the bed the back isthen dropped down and the link 11 which is attached to the lower edgewill cause the back to swin into position. The back will roll forward onthe rollers 28 of the legs 23 as shown in Fig. 1 and locate itself injuxtaposition to the seat and the side of the chair when the side hasbeen placed in position. At the same time the legs 26 will fall intoposition and the chair will be open and ready for use as a bed.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is asfollows:

A convertible chair bed, comprising a chair seat and legs, a side memberadjustably attached to one side of the seat and extending below theseat, devices for holding said member to the seat when in position as achair, means adapted to support the lower edge of said side member onthe adjacent side of the seat when said adjustable side member is raisedand adjusted to horizontal position; and means connected with saidmember adapted to support said side member when in horizontal position;

with a back comprising front and rear frames hinged together at oneside, devices adjustably connecting one of said frames to the chairseat, and means adapted to support the back frames when adjusted tohorizontal position; the said chair seat, adjustable side member, andtwo back frames together forming a double bed when extended, and aMorris chair when folded, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ISAAC RI-IEINSTROM.

Witnesses:

F. F. CRAMPTON, E. Rirz.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Iatents, Washington, D. C.

